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Thought I'd join in as well!

It's actually not that difficult for me to do the modulation since when I was sketching, my original plan was to just modulate to another key far from C and not to any specific one. Furthermore, it's kinda chromatic too. I just moved a half step up when it reaches B flat and boom, B major, then you V-I that thing. I suppose the smooth voice leading and the orchestration help as well. Dude thanks so much for the appreciation and award!!! I'm so sorry it took me more than a week to response, like I've been wanting to response but I kept getting sidetracked. Again, really appreciate it!! Means a lot!!!!!!

Heh thought you'd notice! I really want to listen to you guys' pieces since you and @Henry Ng Tsz Kiu has been commenting constantly on my pieces and others, and I've only listened to a handful of you guys'. I've honestly been avoiding listening to this piece cus I had thought that there's a lot that I could change and all that. For example, I'd probably tone down the flute's high notes since it's so frequent and a reply here has pointed out that too. But honestly, it ain't that bad lmao. And hey, I wouldn't mind a concerto arrangement, but I think this chamber instrumentation suits it more. You're exactly right. And that's exactly why some of my older scores are just atrocious with pitch spelling, cus I was a dummy and had not figured how they worked yet, even here too in some places! It is one of the reason why I want to revise some of my older pieces. me when sleigh bells It's "Carol of the Bells." The first theme is loosely based on it, the sequence starting from b.122 has the rhythm, and the actual quote appears in b.193 Thank you for all the kind words!

It's actually taken directly from the original track itself! I've used a website to separate the vocal from the instrumental. If you listen carefully, you could actually hear the imperfections in it, such as at some point, you could hear piano doublings on the vocal. That's because throughout the whole track, the piano always doubles it an octave above. Here's the ost: Anyways, thanks for the kind words! Really glad that my time spent on actually learning orchestration has paid off!

Dang, two new(-ish) pieces in a month? That's crazy. Tbf the main materials here are from a preexisting song, and the other piece is a full revision. Then again, I had to learn orchestration stuff for this and that took a very long time. aaaanyway, really happy about how this has turned out anndd imma just gonna quote the description from the progress update thread you could find the progress update thread here: also @Henry Ng Tsz Kiu, I'm really glad I could be the first one to ever quote one of your themes! When I was sketching that section, I thought of wanting to quote, and I thought of your specific theme. Again, really happy that it fits really well. Also also, those syncopated rhythms are actually from the original song itself. But, I do agree that it fits this "cover" and the original song. Glad you liked my orchestration too! (vocal by Jillian Ashcraft, taken directly from the OST)

Progress update for today: finished the quiet part after the part from the first post. And yes, you might've figured it out, I quoted @Henry Ng Tsz Kiu's Image in G major (2nd theme). Like, I put his theme on my sketch, pair it with the main theme, and it is just a good counter point for it. Furthermore, I think it fits well with the rest of the piece cus both the main theme and his theme use a lot of pentatonic. Anyway, really happy with how productive I am with scoring today, can't wait to finish it

I've decided to tackle orchestration again, and this time, I've paired it with vocal. I've actually got into this "game" again recently, so that's why I chose to orchestrate its only song with my own preferences. The main theme may sound like it comes from an anime cus it's from a fcked up anime dating simulator lmao The instrumentation is fairly standard: 3(III=pic).2.3(III=bc).2 - 3.2.0.0 - timpani.percussion(glock, xylo, sus.cymb, cymb, trgl) - alto - strings The audio has a lil bit more than the score. It's a transition to a more quiet section, you may recognize a theme that I've quoted from someone from this forum 👀 Anyways, lemme know what you think about it, I'll probably upload more progress down the line enjoy

I did play around with your suggestion, changing the triplets to the 16th notes, and yeah, it is so much more smoother now. However, I wanted variation on the second repetition, so I substituted the rhythmical change for harmonic and dynamic. I changed a bit of the notes from the ostinato, and the passage now crescendos a bit to forte then diminuendos to the unchanged pianissimo, just to add contrast. I've also properly modified the repetition at the end of the piece to match the change. Thanks for the suggestion and feedback! Glad you like the piece!

Completed piece:

Wow I did not expect this to be completed in such a short amount of time after I had posted the work in progress thread a week ago. That's a record. Though, I guess I did work on in beforehand. Still though, glad this one is not stuck in work-in-progress purgatory, just like the others... Anyways, since the latest progress, I've modified the return to the first theme, most notably, a flurry of ascending scale on b.105 followed by a trilled downward passage of the theme. This is done to kick start the momentum of the piano's spotlight on the proceeding bar instead of just the piano reciting the theme alone in the 2022 version. Another drastic change is that I've turned the passage from b.112 onwards to be a build-up for a proper, actual climax at b.118. Additionally, I've fixed the many of the pitch spelling errors and, of course, tidied up the score as well. There are other smaller changes on the piece as whole, but I'm not gonna list them here. I'm really really happy I did this revision 'cus, again, I just love the themes in this and it's worth putting it to my current musical knowledge. It feels satisfying and gratifying. Old version for comparison: Progress Thread (wow i posted only two progresses on there) Hope you all enjoyed this and lemme know what you think! Thank youuuu edit: thanks to @pateceramics for pointing out the ineffective rhythmical change on bar 5-7.

Oooh I like that pedal tone on bar 9 onwards with neopolitan chords above it, heck I think this whole piece has this really nice neopolitan feel to it. Y'know, the 1st theme and the 2nd theme being G and A-flat. And I love that really recycled romantic theme from bar 35 onwards (legit gave me feelings fr). It really does contrast well with the impressionistic and lush bars before it. Not to mention the freaking modulation in bar 33 and 34 from G to A-flat. I like to interpret the quartal E-flat as to mark the impressionistic part and the sliding to E flat dominant 7, which resolves in A-flat, suggesting a traditional V-I, as to mark a more romantic approach on the proceeding bars. I like the high register counter point on bar 55 to 58 too. A nice variation to contrast the previous bars. Additionally, I like that you reference the beginning part at end the piece and then just hangs the final chord on a dominant 7 with the tonic bass to really punch in the end. Overall, this piece feels really broad and wide, and I love ittt. Thanks for sharing!!!

made the cadenza part just now

It's been a while since I've done work in progress stuff. So, in order to stay motivated, I'm gonna post some progress on this revision. I've been in the mood for doing revision of my older pieces, and I wanna rework them with my current knowledge of composition. I've mentioned before that I've been doing some rework on the Alula Variations but I'd probably put it in indefinite pause. With that said, I really love the themes in this but I felt like I could do better with the current version. I've thickened up the accompaniment, added and varied the articulations on both instruments, experimented with dynamics, added a bunch of ornaments, neighbor notes, passing notes, counter point, you name it, added more variety to the harmony, and tinkered with the registral characteristics of the clarinet and used them to my advantages. I especially liked the quasi dance-like rhythm on the current version so I've made the rhythm clearer and more pronounced on that section. I've rewritten the cadenza so it actually contains previous materials and not just some random arpeggios. Although, I've not inputted in the notes on the score yet. You could listen to it on the audio, however. Anyways, feedbacks are always appreciated, tysm. Here's the old version for comparison.

Hey dude, really appreciate that you like the style on my music and glad you enjoyed the piece itself. Thanks for the comment!

For the flute I use Symphonic Sounds (Flute SSO), for the bassoon I use VSCO 2, and before, for the piano I use Yamaha C5 but I've changed to Salamander. Thank you! The OST's theme is very sustained because it's supposed to be an ambience, so I had to get creative with the variations/paraphrases. Also, while composing, I tried to focus on juggling between all three instruments, so I hope they sound balanced. Again, thanks for the reply.